Whether by overthrow or old age, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, will soon need a replacement — but the Islamic ...

The Basij were deployed as cannon fodder in human-wave attacks during the Iran-Iraq War. Since then, they have been used as ...

Lailat Al Miraj, known as the “Night of Ascension,” is an Islamic holy day that commemorates the journey the Prophet Muhammad ...

Two Christians in Iran sentenced to prison for their faith were locked up on Dec 16 and 20, and a Christian woman was ...

The family of a 23-year-old Iranian college student believes she was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces.

Iran can neither protect its citizens from external threats nor provide for their basic needs. Unable to placate protesters, ...

Tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets on Friday night in a second night of mass, nationwide antigovernment ...

Many Iranian opposition activists are hoping the current unrest could be the beginning of the end of the country's hardline ...

Despite an internet blackout, reports are emerging of a rise in deadly violence as protests spurred by economic woes have ...

A pair of deadly attacks this month, in Syria and Australia, has shone a fresh spotlight on the Islamic State, the militant group whose sudden rise to power in the ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two U.S.

The US launched a massive attack on 70 Islamic State combat forces in Syria on Friday, in retaliation to a recent ambush attack in which two US soldiers and one US civilian interpreter were killed.